Remember when President Obama claimed he “would not rest” until Americans were back to work? Remember how he promised a “laser-like focus” on jobs? Well, it appears Obama has some serious ADD. According to the latest Government Accountability Institute (GAI) report, Obama has only spent 3.6% of his presidency on the economy and jobs….and that is a conservative estimate.

Here are some other key findings in their report:

In 2013, Obama has spent a total of 6 hours in economic meetings. (Wow…)

Obama has spent a total of 474.4 hours in economic meetings throughout his presidency, compared to 976 hours playing golf or on vacation.

Between 2009 and 2012, Obama’s time spent in economic meetings decreased by 79%.

Does that sound like laser-like focus to you? I’m going with No. And he’s looking pretty darn rested to me. So our economy must be on track, right? Again, that would be a No. Unemployment still stands at 7.6%, with real unemployment around a whopping 14%. Our national debt is at 16.8 TRILLION and climbing. The stock market is being artificially inflated by the Federal Reserve, which economists believe is going to lead to an even bigger collapse than we experienced in 2008. Social Security is going broke. Obamacare is a train wreck, costing billions more than anticipated, and is also causing massive losses of jobs or reductions in hours, and causing companies to close their doors.

But these issues appear to be unworthy of Obama’s time. Instead he’s focusing on gun control (despite the fact the majority of Americans do not support it), promoting Planned Parenthood, and pushing immigration reform…a.k.a. amnesty (which the majority of Americans also do not support). These are not the biggest issues facing our country. According to a March Gallup poll, the issues most Americans are concerned with are: 1) economy in general, 2) dissatisfaction with government, 3) unemployment/jobs, and 4) federal budget deficit/debt. See anything interesting in those answers? That’s right….Obama isn’t focused on ANY of them. In fact, he and his Democrat cronies all state that the economy is improving, and in fact, we don’t have a spending problem. Democrat Whip Steny Hoyer claimed we have a “paying for it” problem. Yeah, just like Mike Tyson, Dennis Rodman or MC Hammer had a “paying for it” problem. Are you kidding me?

It’s clear that Obama isn’t focused on helping the middle class, although he consistently claims to be working to protect them. In fact, most of his policies will ultimately destroy the middle class. Obamacare is hitting small business owners the hardest, and middle class workers are losing hours or losing their jobs altogether. Payroll taxes went up 2% this year, despite Obama’s repeated promises of not raising taxes on the middle class “a single dime”. And let’s not forget the new internet sales tax, which will cost Americans more money, and place a tremendous burden on companies. And don’t you love the names of these bills? Note the “Affordable Care Act” and the “Market Fairness Act”. Pfft. What a joke.

Isn’t the President of the United States supposed to represent all Americans? Aren’t they supposed to look out for the interests of all of us, not just those who agree with his ideology? Obama doesn’t even attempt to work with the Republican party, or address the concerns of conservatives. Not only has this president failed to bring Americans together, but he intentionally drives us apart. The only thing this president has accomplished is to make us weaker as a nation.

When Mitt Romney became the presumptive Republican nominee for President, I was less than thrilled. He was definitely not my first choice, as I believed he was too moderate and may not be strong enough to beat Obama. But, he was our nominee, and I was ready to rally behind him. Conservative talk show host Mark Levin has often said, and I have reiterated, that he would vote for an orange juice can over Obama. Anybody would be a better choice than our current president, and Romney was my “anybody but Obama” candidate.

However, my feelings towards Romney have changed, and my support has grown over the past few months. As I’ve seen him with his family, and heard the stories of his selfless acts and contributions to others, he has struck me as a genuinely good person with a strong sense of family, and a man of moral character. Of course, I’ve been involved in the political process long enough to know that many, if not most, politicians will do and say whatever it takes to win, and maybe Romney’s apparent move to the right is nothing more than a political game. We’ll see as time goes on. But I have no doubt about his views on the the importance of the family unit, and I can see he walks the walk when it comes to his own family. That’s something we’re not seeing enough of these days.

I recently had a liberal tell me that our country has been in decline for years, speaking only of economic issues. I quickly pointed out to him that while I agree that our country has been in decline, the core of the problem isn’t economic…it’s social. We have all but said fathers are no longer needed in the home. Television shows portray fathers as clueless morons, and the kids are smarter than the parents. Children’s shows portray all adults as bumbling idiots, especially parents and teachers, and are often shown blatant disrespect. The government has essentially told single mothers that they don’t need fathers for their children, because the government is here to take care of them. The media mocks traditional families and our values as lame and outdated, and they encourage alternative lifestyles. They glorify single parents in Hollywood, and mock stay-at-home mothers. Our entitlement society is growing by leaps and bounds, and we’re just telling people to let the government take care of them, instead of telling them that there is a better way, and that they can be anything they want to be. Many are 3rd and 4th generation welfare recipients, and this is all they know. They have no goals for themselves or their children, and have no hope for their futures. The list goes on….

We need a strong man in the White House, who sees the importance of the family and traditional values. We need someone who takes those commitments seriously, and who will set an example for those around him and for the country as a whole. We need a man who not only claims faith, but lives his faith.

There are two other very important issues where my support for Romney is strong. One is his love of country. It is clear that he wants this country to be successful. He doesn’t make the lofty promises that Obama did, like parting the oceans and healing the planet, but he wants to do what he can to fix our economic problems, and give every American the opportunity to create his or her own success. President Obama talks about fair shots and equal opportunity, but his actual policies only show an effort to provide equal outcomes. Take from those who have and give to those who have not, instead of providing an opportunity for everyone to make their own way and their own wealth.

The second area of strength is in Romney’s support of our military. He reiterated Reagan’s philosophy of peace through strength. He wants to make our military such a strong force, that no one would dare test it. We’ve clearly seen the opposite from President Obama, who has worked to downgrade our military over the past 3 1/2 years. When our military is all but decimated, and we’re no longer a force for good in the world, who will these other countries turn to? Who will be that shining city on a hill?

There are other issues where I think Romney will be effective. Obviously, he has a strong private sector background, and a record of job creation, and I trust in his ability to make strides in fixing this economy. Another strength that crossed my mind as I listened to his speech last night is Romney’s overall work ethic. When he promised to work hard for the American people, I believed it. I think he’ll do just that. In one of the videos last night, a former staffer told the story of Romney putting up a chart during a cabinet meeting, with every campaign promise on it, and he worked to fulfill every one of them by the end of his term. Isn’t that what every politician should be doing? Do you think Obama has a similar chart? We hear stories all the time about Obama playing round after round of golf, and quite frankly, his schedule is pretty open for the leader of the free world. He has more campaign events than meetings. His first meeting of the day is somewhere around 9:30 or 10, where President Bush was in the office by 6 or 6:30, and at his daily briefings by 7. Despite Obama’s promise of a laser-like focus on jobs, he just really doesn’t seem to be working that hard. I think we’ll see a stark contrast in Romney.

Do I think Mitt Romney is the perfect candidate? No. There is no perfect candidate, and Romney doesn’t carry the full conservative credentials, although Paul Ryan does. But I think he’s a good man, he’ll uphold the integrity of the office, respect and uphold the Constitution, and work hard for the American people. That’s all we can ask for.

I’m clearly a glutton for punishment. I subjected myself to two evenings of MSNBC’s “analysis” of the Republican National Convention speeches. I admit, I had a morbid curiosity as to how they would spin these speeches, and let me tell you, they did NOT disappoint. While I know I should no longer be surprised at the tactics of the left and so-called mainstream media, I was absolutely appalled at their coverage.

The first thing that struck me was the pettiness and nasty tones of their comments. I get it – they’re hard core liberals who think everything that comes out a Republican’s mouth is either racist or hateful to women. It’s clear that their only goal is to re-elect Obama, and that they’ll do or say anything necessary to make that happen. I know who I’m dealing with here. But the spiteful, vicious, petty way in which they expressed their views was nothing short of nauseating. It was basically a junior-high level “you suck” marathon. They trashed nearly every speech as totally lacking in substance, and several of the pundits referred to the atmosphere as mean, vicious and hateful….oh yes, and racist. I mean, what would an MSNBC analysis be without accusations of racism?

Here are a few remarks that stuck out in my mind…

Rachel Maddow, who thinks she’s the smartest person in any room, called Chris Christie’s keynote speech “…one of the most remarkable acts of political selfishness I have ever seen on a stage this big.”

Lawrence O’Donnell accused Mitch McConnell of having racist overtones in his speech, when McConnell said “For four years, Barack Obama has been running from the nation’s problems. He hasn’t been working to earn reelection. He’s been working to earn a spot on the PGA tour.” O’Donnell claimed it was a negative racial reference to Tiger Woods. What the…? How do you get racism from that comment?? Guess what, O’Connell? When you see racism in every comment, YOU are the racist!

Al Sharpton, who Rachel referred to as the “professor of oratory” — no, I’m serious…she actually said that — accused Republicans of being hypocrites because Ann Romney spoke of Mitt as a loving man, while Christie pointed out that Republicans need to worry about being respected, not loved. “Which is it…love or respect?”…was Sharpton’s response. Say what? It’s not like Ann said Mitt will make you love him. She was just speaking to the man’s character. That makes them hypocrites? I’m confused. Predictably, Sharpton also went into several off-the-wall civil rights tirades….his typical M.O….but I’ll spare you the details.

Melissa Harris-Perry remarked that VA Governor Bob McDonnell believes in government “small enough to put on a transvaginal probe”, making a dig at a bill that would require an ultrasound before an abortion. How utterly inappropriate.

“Thrill up my leg” Chris Matthews referred to Paul Ryan’s speech (which was excellent, by the way) as “very constricted, very negative and very nasty”, and implied that Ryan was speaking to racists. Angry much, Chris? Matthews said “It’s clear that Paul Ryan was talking to people who think about rights as something…produced by Thomas Jefferson, ignoring the people for whom the rights only came in the 1960s.” Are you kidding me?

And while we’re on the subject, what is with Chris Matthews’ obsession with race and the “birther movement”? The man won’t stop talking about it. Earlier this week, he tore into RNC Chairman Reince Priebus, accusing Republicans of using the race card in their claim that the president eliminated the welfare work requirement, and in Romney’s birth certificate joke (it was a joke, people….lighten up!). Matthews also accused Newt Gingrich of being a racist for calling Obama the “food stamp president” and said Reagan was being racist when he used the term “welfare queen”, which Matthew’s claims obviously referred to black women. Only in your world, Chris…

Last night, Matthews even stooped so low as to grill Condoleeza Rice on “birtherism”, asking her whether her speech was a “rejoinder to all the birtherism and narrowness that she’s heard in her party.” Unbelievable. Of course, Condi took it all in stride, stating that there are extreme views on both sides of the aisle, and that the great majority sees us as one America. Good answer, Condi.

The worst segment was when the entire MSNBC team went after Scott Walker on Paul Ryan’s comments about the Janesville GM plant that closed after the president promised it would stay open, claiming that the plant closed before Obama became president. When Walker explained that there were prior layoffs, but that the plant did indeed close after Obama took office, that wasn’t good enough for the MSNBC staff. Maddow pressed the issue and asked again. Al Sharpton jumped into the fray and continued to talk over Walker, as he again tried to answer the question. Ed Schultz continued pummeling Walker on the issue, but Walker stood firm on his answers regarding the plant and the auto bailouts. It was the most disrespectful bullying I’ve ever seen from a news organization. If they challenged Obama at even a fraction of that level, he would have never made it through the 1st campaign. Astounding.

Long story short, this is the media bias that Republicans/conservatives are dealing with on a daily basis. It’s not just on the part of MSNBC, although they clearly provide the most egregious example of it. We see it from nearly every news channel. For people like me, who live and breath politics, we know better. I personally have a hard time wrapping my head around the fact that people actually buy into their manipulation of the truth. But for many Americans who are not involved in the political process, this is what they are often exposed to, and it’s all they hear, so they believe it. This is why conservative talk radio and conservative bloggers are so vital to this election. We have the truth on our side, and we must continue to get our message out.

As one example, I spoke to a co-worker recently, who votes Republican, but is completely ignorant of the political process or the issues at hand. I made a comment to her about the liberal argument that the rich should pay more taxes. Her response: “they should pay more taxes.” When I pressed her on the subject, asking how much they should pay, she had no answer, and didn’t even know how much they currently pay. I showed her the chart of how much the top 1% pays vs the lower 50%, and she was stunned. She had absolutely no idea, and immediately backed away from her statement. We just assume that people know this information, as we’ve heard it hundreds of times. Yet there are still so many who do not. That’s where we come in. I have those days of frustration, when it seems the situation is completely hopeless, but I know giving up is not an option. This is a turning point for our country, and there is no time for doubting. The current administration has got to go, so we can begin the process of restoring our country back to its founding principles.

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Here we go again… The Obama administration is waging an unprecedented war against state and local law enforcement, and as with every new Obama story, causing more racial division. Where does it end, America?

The Department of Justice just can’t help itself. Yesterday after the most important provision, or what Arizona Governor Jan Brewer called the “heart” of SB 1070 was unanimously upheld, which allows local law enforcement to inquire about legal status, the feds set up a hotline in the state for people to report “potential” civil rights violations.

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And yes, the hotline was set up by the same Civil Rights Division within the Justice Department that refused to prosecute New Black Panther Party members for intimidating voters outside of a Philadelphia polling place in 2008. Also, according to the Washington Times, the Obama administration has ended the partnership between Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the agency has been instructed not to return calls from local law enforcement regarding illegal immigration.

The Obama administration said Monday it is suspending existing agreements with Arizona police over enforcement of federal immigration laws, and said it has issued a directive telling federal authorities to decline many of the calls reporting illegal immigrants that the Homeland Security Department may get from Arizona police.

Sheriff Joe Arpaio isn’t buying it.

“I’m not stopping anything. I’m going to continue to enforce those state laws regardless of what the federal government is trying to put pressure on me to satisfy all these activists, which by the way are in front of my building right now.”

As I noted in an earlier post, Marxists do not believe in the existence of God, or moral absolutes. Thus, it stands to reason that they also do not believe in the sanctity of human life.

Marx was clear about this subject. While the term “abortion” was not specifically discussed in Marx’s writings, he did call for abolition of the family. He viewed children as private property to their parents. He also viewed marriage as a woman becoming private property to the husband, and given the fact that private property, in his eyes, was the source of all ills in the world, he felt the family unit must be eliminated.

An article in Australia’s official Communist newspaper, written by pro-choice activist and feminist Rebecca Albury, included the following statements regarding the Marxist view of abortion:

A Marxist believes that personality and human value are imparted by the external and economic environment, not by any inherent spiritual value, or even by biological processes.

The fetus, according to a Marxist, becomes a person when he is judged as such by “someone of higher wisdom.” The humanity of the fetus depends upon how the mother perceives the “social relationship” that exists between them. If the mother desires to keep the baby, then she “fantasizes” it into becoming a human being. But, if she does not want the pregnancy, “it is something else entirely.” Her opinion of the fetus thereby denies it of personhood.

“Biological processes,” says Albury, “do not carry automatic moral values as the Right to Life suggests … Human economic, social, and political relationships create moral values.”

According to Albury, “Material conditions of life change, and so do moral values.” This means that, to a Marxist, the unborn baby may be a human being for a time, but may then become depersonified and rendered ‘pre-human,’ all because his or her mother began to think differently about him or her. She adds: “Certainly, many women experience mixed feelings; the fantasy baby may even appear for a while. Women can tell it goodbye forever.”

As we know, President Obama holds a very aggressive stance on abortion. He is not simply a pro-choice advocate; he is a pro-abortion advocate. When Obama was a state senator, he was the only senator who voted against a bill (BAIPA) that would ensure life-saving measures were taken to aid infants born alive after botched abortions, stating, among other reasons, that it would cause undue burden on the mother, and that these babies are not protected under the Equal Protection clause of the Constitution. In addition, he felt that this was a ploy to overturn Roe vs Wade, and that letting these babies live or die is a) the doctor’s prerogative, b) a religious issue, and c) violates no universal principle. How could anyone who believes life is special and sacred speak like this? Exactly. One wouldn’t.

As president, Obama has worked even harder to push a pro-abortion agenda:

Obama promised to pass the Freedom of Choice Act, which would eliminate federal, state and local restrictions on abortion.

Obama and others in his administration claim that no federal funding of abortion is included in Obamacare. Yet, just months after the bill was signed, the Obama administration approved $160 million in federal funds to Pennsylvania, $37 million to New Mexico and additional funds to Maryland, to fund abortions through high-risk insurance programs.

In 2009, Obama signed an executive order to reverse the Mexico City Policy, a ban which prohibited funding to international family planning groups that provide abortion.

Since 2009, Obama has been working to overturn pro-life conscience protections, which President Bush put in place in order to protect medical staff from being forced to perform abortions. Obama flatly denies these claims, but the facts show otherwise.

Catholic bishops lost millions in federal funding for human trafficking victims, because they refused to refer women for contraceptives and abortions.

Obama reversed President Bush’s executive order banning embryonic stem-cell research, then signed a new executive order giving taxpayer funding for it.

Obama has, in at least two United Nations meetings, called for unlimited rights for abortion.

Obama’s science czar, John Holdren, is revealed to have written that he favors forced abortions and mass sterilization.

VP Joe Biden stated in a speech at a Chinese university that he understood China’s one-child policy, a policy which is enforced by forced abortion and sterilization.

The Obama administration has been arranging abortions, using taxpayer dollars, for illegal immigrants.

A new article reveals that 138 of Obama’s campaign “bundlers” sit on boards of various foundations that push liberal social agendas, such as abortion, gay rights, union organizing, immigration and “racial justice”.

These are just a few examples of Obama’s efforts. Frankly, the amount of information regarding his pro-abortion record is absolutely staggering. You can find a comprehensive list at LifeNews.com. This is not just a pro-choice advocate pushing a liberal agenda. This is a full-frontal assault on Christianity and the family.

Another assault on the family, as well as religious liberty, is being waged by gay-rights groups, and President Obama and his administration are standing right by their side, pushing an aggressive agenda onto the American public, despite its strong opposition.

According to the Gay and Lesbian Victory Institute, President Obama has appointed more than 250 openly LGBT professionals to full-time and advisory positions in the executive branch, more than all known LGBT appointments of other presidential administrations combined. The stated mission of the Gay and Lesbian Victory Institute is specifically to get LGBT members into political positions.

One in 16 of Obama’s “bundlers” are openly gay. This includes only those who revealed their orientation. Real numbers are estimated at to 1 in 6. This gives gay rights groups a very strong lobby in the Obama White House.

This year, for the first time, the White House and the Pentagon observed LGBT Pride Month.

When President Obama took office, he stated he believed that marriage was between a man and a woman, and used his faith as a basis for his stance on the issue (although he was for it before he was against it). Now that he has “evolved” and is endorsing same-sex marriage, he calls support of the traditional definition of marriage “divisive and discriminatory”.

In 2010, the Obama administration declared the Defense of Marriage Act un-Constitutional and instructed the DOJ not to defend it in court. Subsequently, they supported lesbian Edith Windsor in her suit against DOMA.

In 2010, Congress repealed “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”.

In 2011, an HHS official announced that the Obama administration is actively recruiting LGBT couples to adopt children.

President Obama and Nancy Pelosi oppose a bill in the House that would protect military chaplains from being forced to perform gay marriages or other same-sex ceremonies, which are in violation of their religious beliefs. Pelosi claims the gay marriage issue with military chaplains is “a fraud” and “a manufactured crisis”.

DHS changed the definition of “family” to include LGBT relationships.

The most disturbing move from President Obama was his 2009 appointment of openly gay activist Kevin Jennings as “safe school” czar. Jennings is the founder, and also served as Executive Director, of GLSEN (Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network). GLSEN came out with a list of recommended reading for children of all ages, which included stories with x-rated and pornographic material, with explicit descriptions of sex acts between pre-schoolers, affairs between students and teachers, and worse. Jennings also encouraged a teen who was having affairs with older men, only warning him to practice safe sex, instead of reporting the incident. In addition, Jennings advocates a homosexual curriculum in our schools.

Again, these are just a few examples, and frankly, only the tip of the iceberg. This is more than just a case of a group of citizens seeking equal protection under the law. It’s one thing to ask for equal rights, but when the rights of a group of citizens infringes on the rights of others, it is no longer equal. This is a very powerful lobby, with a mission to indoctrinate our children and force their lifestyle down our throats, despite the moral and religious objections of a majority of Americans. We’re headed down a very dark path in this country. We need to wake up and restore America back to its founding principles, before we lose it altogether.